Black stump
| Black stump | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Freyberg Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Black Stump (English for Black Stump ) is a striking, albeit low mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 7 km southeast of Monte Cassino in the Freyberg Mountains . The summit is made of andesite , so the mountain is probably the remains of an ancient volcano .
It got its descriptive name from the New Zealand geologist P. J. Oliver, who examined the mountain between 1981 and 1982 as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Program .
Web links
- Black Stump in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Black Stump on geographic.org (English)